How is eve so purple?

[fenderzilla]

Eve is a very, very purple planet. How? What's in the oceans, the soil, the atmosphere that makes it so, so purple?

what kinds of liquids or gases or elements or compounds could possible make a planet so purple?

I've heard it could be ammonia methane, or argon, or iodine, or maybe a combination of very red and very blue compounds. would any of these fully explain though why it is so, so, so purple?

Edited July 18, 2013 by fenderzilla

[fatfluffycat]

Because the devs wanted it to be purple

[AustralianFries]

Ah, one of the many age old questions: "Why does the planet have this colour."

Among the others are things like: "How can this have water on it." "What is the surface made of?" "How can this planet look like this when it's so close to this?!"

[Needles_10]

I've thought of how Jool can be ever so Green. I still can't come up with a reason why.

[stupid_chris]

The most popular theory is iodine IIRC. There was a whole thread on it in the science forums a while back. But according to the devs, Eve'S Ocean is full of blutonium, the material used in the LV-Ns. Maybe it's purple? Who knows.

[Brenok]

Talking about earthly elements makes no sense, because KSP has its own unique elements, as shown in the upcoming fuel cycle scheme.

[Dasemay]

Don't question what you don't understand.

[Moon Goddess]

Well we know that Eve has large amounts of the elements Propellium and Blutonium, I guess one of those reacts with light to make purple.

[Sir Nahme]

You are all so wrong

IT's because Eve is FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABULOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS!

[Brotoro]

Perhaps purple pigment.

[Flixxbeatz]

Yes, Iodine.

Or Purple Drank. No one really knows for now, except the devs...

[OrbitusII]

I like the thought that it could be large amounts of blutonium. As the Kerbiverse (Kerbal + Universe) doesn't use the same elements as ours AFAIK it could very well be one, or many, of theirs.

[Coneshot]

Former homeworld of Barney:

[Akhar]

Oh my gosh, fenderzilla. You can't just ask why things are purple.

Anyhoo, I'd say it's purple because it can be, and you shouldn't hold that against it.

[DocLangy]

It's because Eve is a girl planet and that's her favorite color.

[Kimberly]

Eve is purple because it likes cakes, triangles, and being "just friends".

[DocLangy]

Eve is purple because it likes cakes, triangles, and being "just friends".

I heard she sometimes holds hands with Moho, don't tell Duna! But you didn't hear it from me (giggles)

[9911MU51C]

but it doesn't have water, the devs said it's mercury

[Merinsan]

I've thought of how Jool can be ever so Green. I still can't come up with a reason why.

Jool is so green because of all the Kerbals trying to land on it, getting pulverized by the harsh atmosphere. It used to be a dull grey color.

[Moon Goddess]

but it doesn't have water, the devs said it's mercury

[citation needed]

Never seen that, seen where the devs said it was rocket fuel. and the chart that says it's made of propellium and blutonium but never mercury.

[Tw1]

...And liquid Mercury isn't purple. But that doesn't mean it may not contain levels of mercury.

I like the iodine theory. That stuff stains, so if that's going 'round in the atmosphere and rain, most things would end up purple.

and the chart that says it's made of propellium and blutonium but never mercury.

Nova said on some thread that the chart was out of date, so we can't rely on that any more.

Edited July 18, 2013 by Tw1

[stupid_chris]

...And liquid Mercury isn't purple. But that doesn't mean it may not contain levels of mercury.

I like the iodine theory. That stuff stains, so if that's going 'round in the atmosphere and rain, most things would end up purple.

Nova said on some thread that the chart was out of date, so we can't rely on that any more.

Ah someone else remembers that thread too. I think they're gonna change it for something much simpler, honestly it was awfully complex.

[fenderzilla]

Talking about earthly elements makes no sense, because KSP has its own unique elements, as shown in the upcoming fuel cycle scheme.

That's stupid. The elements on the periodic table are what everything in the universe is made of, not just on earth or local planets.

[fenderzilla]

Don't question what you don't understand.

This is also stupid. question EVERYTHING you don't understand.

[stupid_chris]

That's stupid. The elements on the periodic table are what everything in the universe is made of, not just on earth or local planets.

It's a game son, there are elements in the game that don't exist in real life, such as blutonium. There is a high chance there are much more elements that we don't have in our world that exist in the Kerbal universe. Don't forget that the planets are 10 times denser than any logical element could be and that the sun is so light it shouldn't even light up.